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Happy couples planning their weddings have been warned of scammers who offer services but then do not deliver on the big day.

The cost of a wedding is on average around £30,000, and brides and grooms are increasingly becoming targets for the fraudsters.

Couples need to be careful of legitimate businesses going bust before their wedding day, which is always a risk when booking months or even years in advance.

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Trading standards officials say couples should make sure photographers, caterers, reception venues, travel companies and others which take large deposits will still be there when the big day arrives, Gloucestershire Live reports.

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Many of these services require booking several months in advance, with an immediate obligation to pay a deposit or even the full balance, making them fertile ground for fraudsters.

Trading standards say that, although most of the companies which run their businesses entirely via social media sites, offering a low-cost service, are genuine, couples need to be careful.

Some may not be insured and some may even be fraudulent.

‘Too good to be true’

A spokesman said: “If something appears too good to be true, it probably is.

“Always take precautions and research that the options available are genuine when spending large sums of money on services.”

Being aware of the potential risks and following the following prevention advice could minimise the likelihood of fraud

Six steps to stop you falling victim to the fraudsters

1 Obtain a physical address and contact details for the vendor and verify this information. This will allow the opportunity to make a complaint to Trading Standards or consider pursuing via the Small Claims Court.

2 Obtain a contract before paying money for services. Fully read and understand what is offered before applying a signature and note the terms of cancellation.

3 Consider purchasing wedding insurance – policies vary in cover and can be purchased up to two years in advance. They can provide protection from eventualities not covered under the Consumer Credit Act.

4 Research each vendor, ensuring they represent a bona fide person or company. Explore the internet for reviews and ratings and ask the vendor to provide details of past clients you can speak to. This course of action is recommended by trading standards officers even if companies have been proposed by a trustworthy friend or source.

5 For services such as wedding photography, beware of websites using fake images. Look for inconsistencies in style, meet the photographer and ask to view sample albums.

6 Pay by credit card. This provides protection under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act for single item purchases above £100 and below £30,000. Even if a company goes into liquidation before the big day, a refund can be claimed through the credit card company.

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The wedding season is here. Hundreds of couples all over the #UnitedKingdom are waiting with bated breath for the day they will finally enter a new phase of life together. Huntsham Court is gearing up for the season as well. As one of the most popular country house wedding venues, Huntsham Court offers a plethora of options and services to ensure that couples have the most memorable day of their lives.

Situated amidst the beautiful Devon countryside, Huntsham Court rises up from the greenery as an impressive baronial mansion. Dating back to the Victorian age, this house has a distinct period feel to it. The house has undergone extensive maintenance and has been fitted with all the latest amenities to offer a luxurious stay for wedding guests.

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All the 35 rooms in Huntsham Court have been tastefully furnished and come with various bed options so as to accommodate up to 80 guests with ease. More importantly, Huntsham Court prides itself on its flexible ethos. Guests get to choose exactly what they want here.

This carries over to the wedding side of affairs. Huntsham Court offers an event manager to handle all the aspects of the wedding. They also have a large suppliers directory which the couple can use to select the various services they may need such as florists etc. However, the couple can choose to use their own choices if they want. The same applies to catering. Guests can opt for their ow catering service or select Huntsham Courts silver service.

Huntsham Court provides complimentary use of all the banqueting furniture and dining sets. Fully licensed, couples can hold their wedding inside one of the 5 impressive reception rooms. Beautifully decorated, each reception room is an experience in its own right. For those interested in outdoor weddings, the house garden of Huntsham Court is an excellent facility. In fact, there are a few beautiful spots all round Huntsham Court and its estate. Select any that takes your eye and make your wedding a memorable one.

Whilst the history of the Huntsham Estate can be traced back to the 1700s, Huntsham Court itself was built in 1868 to replace the existing Tudor mansion. The new house was literally built for a bride. Hosting weddings at Huntsham Court is exactly what it was built for. The country house has won several awards as a venue.

Huntsham Court is an award-winning country house located in Devon. Renowned for its stunning baronial architecture, the house and the breathtakingly beautiful estate offers an excellent backdrop for weddings and other kinds of events. It has its own silver staff services and suppliers directory for fulfilling all client requirements.

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She’s on a tour around the country to promote her latest venture – a new novel.

And Vicky Pattison has packed an impeccable wardrobe for her promo tour, wowing in a gorgeous print dress as she hit Watford on Sunday.

The ex Geordie Shore star looked gorgeous in her summery frock, which showed off her trim figure to perfection.

Vicky chose a fitted floral print number for her day at WH Smith, with the sweetheart neckline flaunting her ample assets while the fitted waist made the most of her hourglass curves.

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The frilled skirt was set off with strappy wedge sandals, while Vicky styled her long locks into pretty waves.

The reality star, 29, dressed perfectly for the balmy summer weather again on Saturday as she signed books in Manchester in a frilled white bardot top.

Her a-line skirt fanned outwards and was patterned with sprigs of pink flowers and green leaves.

The demure skirt fell to Vicky’s knees, which she paired with nude pointed heels.

Vicky, who shot to fame on Geordie Shore, was signing copies of her new book at the Arndale centre in Manchester.

She wore her highlighted hair in loose waves, which fell over her shoulders.

The star looked in high spirits as she signed copies of her calendar and posed for selfies with her young fans.

Vicky pulled funny faces for her photographs and stuck out her tongue for a cheeky selfie.

Vicky has published five books, including two autobiographies about her time in the public eye.

The reality star soared to fame in Geordie Shore’s 2011 inauguration, yet left the show in 2014′s series eight after many dramas played out.

She was later hurtled into yet more reality stardom including a victorious stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.

In 2016, Vicky presented spin-off show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp alongside Chris Ramsay, Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash.

During a recent appearance on Celebrity Juice, Vicky left viewers blushing when she when she spoke to host Keith Lemon about her ‘post sex’ routine.

As the cheeky host spoke of a ‘sex towel’, the reality star stunned: ‘Don’t most people just do it on a curtain?’

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In a move that is as unorthodox as it is economical, one Singaporean couple decided to forgo the conventional Chinese wedding banquet routine when their turn came round to get married.

Instead, they opted for a photo shoot in the recently-opened Apple store (a brand the groom is a huge fan of) and a buffet lunch right at home (which also conveniently doubled up as a housewarming event for the couple’s relatives and friends).

Jermyn Wee, 34, and his wife Chia Suat Huang, 31, registered their marriage in October 2016, but only held their celebrations on June 3 this year.

They forewent a traditional Chinese gatecrashing, but Wee did “pick up” his bride from her family home, and did the customary tea ceremony later in the day.

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They initially had the idea to take pictures at the Tampines Round Market, before they learned that the Apple store was opening in Singapore.

“(Wee) was very resistant to the idea of a photo shoot until I proposed taking photos at unconventional places,” Chia told Mothership.sg. “He’s rather awkward in front of the camera in general. But when we thought about going to the Apple store, suddenly he was no longer awkward.”

A risky plan

Even Wee’s best man was not privy to the plan until days before Wee and Chia’s celebration day. And up till half an hour before the Apple store opened at 10am that Saturday, no one in the wedding party had any certainty of being able to execute the couple’s decidedly crazy idea.

In fact, Wee told us they spoke to the Apple store employees when they arrived there at 9:30, through the locked doors, to request permission to take photos inside.

Thankfully, the store’s manager allowed the wedding party to enter 10 minutes before the store opened to the public, but they stayed on even after other customers entered, and even staged a walk down the aisle, where other store patrons applauded them:

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Everyone loves a wedding. Unless, of course, they are paying for it, which at this point in time, may equal the starting salary of a National Football League first-round draft pick.

Still, it is an exciting day and one which may quickly be around the corner as we head into the wedding season.

Come on, who would miss the opportunity to be present where two families come together to witness a couple participating in a meaningful ceremony, which will culminate at the end of a long day in a food fight, with chicken wings flying across the tables? It can resemble a legislative session in the Venezuelan assembly.

If that’s not enough, it might be your last chance to hear the most nauseating lyrics in history, as guests groan during the first dance to, “Precious and few are the memories….”

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But it’s not all that bad. Destination weddings are the latest trends. With beautiful sunsets and clear ocean waves as a backdrop, they create a wonderful photo op. Not for you, since your budget calls for a backdrop of city hall. Unfortunately, sometimes a person in handcuffs, sitting on a bench gets into those pictures.

Let’s get the biggest headache over with, the guest list. No document in the history of mankind has been so contentious as this piece of paper that will be crossed out, inked over, shredded and spit upon like a common criminal. Well, maybe the Congressional Record.

Oh, it starts out reasonably enough. You know, the families split the numbers down the middle. There are so many guests allotted for the bride’s side and so many guests for the groom’s side.

This is the A List.

Family comes first, but when you get into the biological mom, the stepmom, the stepdad, the test tube mom, the sperm donor dad, the odd uncle who can’t stop jingling loose change in his pocket, and the aunt who hasn’t spoken to anyone since she filed a police report claiming someone poisoned her hot dog at the annual family reunion, well, it gets a bit tricky.

Then there is the category where, if you invite one person, then you have to invite the other people in your family who will otherwise feel slighted, which recently was the real cause of a restraining order.

Now comes the B List, which would be considered the fillers; these are people to be called upon if someone declines an invitation.

You wouldn’t want an empty church, after all. This is never a problem since these people will attend anything at the drop of a hat if there is free food and alcohol.

Also there are plenty of folks out on the highway that you can just corral into the church.

But once all reason has gone by the wayside, there is the actual ceremony itself.

Well, that and a few other things like the caterer, florists, engravers, tailors, dresses, people who make the little figures on top of the cake, the band, the napkin people, and we can’t forget the wedding planner.

Yeah, Las Vegas looks pretty good. All you need is the right vending machine, and you are just a package of rice away from the “I do’s.”

Anyway, that big day finally arrives when the couple stands in front of their family and friends to make a lifetime commitment to each other. It’s a sobering occasion. Well, at least until the reception.

I know the groom’s family sits down front on one side of the aisle. Most of them are awestruck by the solemn, intimate details, like the one long strand of hair sticking out from the side of the bride’s neck.

And of course the bride’s family is just as overwhelmed, mostly by the fact that she was able to find the only deadbeat to wed in the whole county.

It’s not all as bad as I paint it to be, but still, Las Vegas might just be the retreat you are looking for. For whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas – or not.

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Get ready to say “Awww” when Joy-Anna and Austin say “I do!”

The countdown to Counting On’s wedding special is just about over. On Monday, June 12, Joy-Anna Duggar and Austin Forsyth’s special will air at 9 p.m., on TLC.

The young couple tied the knot in a secret ceremony on May 26 in her native state of Arkansas.

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“What an absolutely wonderful day our family will always treasure. As parents, we could not be more grateful for the godly woman Joy has become, and the loving husband she married! We love you, Joy and Austin and are so happy for you both, as you embark on this exciting journey together!” her parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar wrote in a blog post on the Duggar Family’s official website.

Austin — who has been a long-time family friend of the Duggar’s — proposed after several months of courting, which means dating with the intention of marriage.

The newlyweds are already talking about having lots of babies, which should come as no surprise considering Joy-Anna is one of 19.

“We love kids and we’re excited to have a family. We’re just going to see what the Lord does. We want as many as the Lord thinks we can handle and we are putting it into his hands,” the newlyweds told People.

Congrats to the happy couple!

Be sure to watch Joy-Anna and Austin tie the knot on Counting On on Monday, June 12 at 9 p.m.!

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Dear Dr. Marcia,

My husband and I had a small wedding, which we paid for ourselves.

We invited only immediate family members and just a couple of our very close friends.

My husband’s brother had been going out with a girl for only a couple of months so we did not invite him with a guest and he had absolutely no problem with that.

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My sister was another story.

It seems like every time we see her at a family function she’s with a different guy. She gets way too serious way too fast and has told guys she loves them on a second date. She also talks about how much she wants to get married and have a baby by the time she’s 30. She is 27 years old now.

I told her she is scaring them away but she can’t help herself.

Needless to say, she was also not invited with a guest. Much to my disappointment, she did not come to my wedding. She did not even tell me she wasn’t coming but just did not show up. I was disappointed in the choice she made but not that upset about it.

The weekend after we came home from our honeymoon, we had dinner at my parents house. We were of course talking about the wedding, and my father told me how upset he was with me for excluding my sister. I told him she was invited just not with a guest because we did not want a stranger that we would be meeting for the first time at our wedding, and that her not attending was her choice.

We had some serious words over it and my husband defended me and my father made a comment to him that this was between him and his daughters. I then defended my husband saying it was our wedding and our decision not to invite her or his brother with a guest.

I told him my brother-in-law had no problem with it even though he had been seeing his girl for three months. I have not talked to my sister since before the wedding but want to resolve this. Please help.

Signed,

Stumped

Dear Stumped,

Be the mature one and invite your sister to coffee or dinner out. Tell her how much you missed her being at your wedding.

Keep the conversation positive – explain to her why she AND your brother-in-law were invited without guests. Make certain not to discuss her dating history or why she can’t keep a boyfriend.

Tell her you did not mean to hurt her feelings as you hope she did not mean to hurt you – and that you want the two of you to be able to move on from this.

Unfortunately – if she still chooses to be immature – you just have to wait for her to grow up.

Either way – explain to your parents that you took the initiative and spoke to her to try to resolve the situation.

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